Krita for Beginners

You want to paint or draw digitally, and you chose Krita because it is free and built for exactly that. Now you just need to know where to start. This is a plain, practical guide to digital painting with Krita, written for a beginner moving from paper to a tablet, or starting from scratch. It gets you to a finished painting without pretending the whole program fits in one book. Inside: - What Krita is for, and a realistic first goal - Finding your way around without the interface fear - Brushes, the heart of Krita, and learning a small set well - Layers, and why they make digital painting forgiving - Color: hue, saturation, and the value that matters most - Your first painting, start to finish - Line art and inking, with a steadier hand - Selections, masks, and transforms for real control - Light, shadow, and depth that sell a picture - Finishing, exporting, and knowing when to stop Everything is taught by what it does and why, because menus and shortcuts move between versions while the fundamentals stay put. Those fundamentals, brushes, layers, value, and light, transfer to any painting program you ever use. No screenshots to go stale, no version numbers, no hype. Krita is free and open-source, which is wonderful and also why nobody hands you a lesson plan. This is the lesson plan for your first paintings. A graphics tablet helps a great deal, and this book is honest about that. What it will not promise is commissions, income, or a career. What it will do is get a brush in your hand and a finished picture on your screen. Start your first brushstroke.